A Subsea Cable Repair & Joint - 1974

By Chris Dodds on 9th July, 2015

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This subsea cable was landed at Joss Bay, Broadstairs on 6th July 1974. The shore end cable was floated ashore from the Cable Ship DG Bast using flotation buoys that were later cut free by a diving team.

A section of the beach was closed to the public.

A JCB was required, driving along shore, to provide sufficient power to pull the heavy cable ashore.

Once ashore the subsea cable was pulled into the duct and up the access slope where the armouring could be stripped back and clamped in the beach manhole.

The cable was then stripped back and connected to the land cable section. Centre conductor brazing.

Polythene was injected and moulded around the inner conductor.

This was then X-rayed to ensure the subsea cable joint is free from any voids or extraneous material.

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